CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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176 km from Riedenburg to Riedenburg, about 3 h 15 of riding. On the way it passes Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming, Fort site of Burgsalach, fort site and civil settlement of Theilenh and back through Fort site of Burgsalach. The line favours views over speed.
The ride follows Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → Fort site of Burgsalach for 34 km.
Up in the hills above the Altmühl valley, west of Neustadt an der Donau and the Danube, the old Raetian frontier crossed some of its prettiest country. The numbers 15/27 to 15/47 cover a long stretch of the line, and because that line follows the ridges and plateau edges, the landscape is a mixture of fields, juniper-dotted limestone slopes and sheltered woods. The Altmühl itself is a slow river that has cut a deep, winding valley through Jurassic limestone, and the whole district is a nature park, known for fossils from the quarries at Solnhofen.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming.
The Altmühl valley is one of the most beautiful river valleys in Bavaria, and near the village of Böhming, a short way upstream from Kipfenberg, the Romans built a small fort to guard the point where their frontier, the Raetian Limes, crossed the river. The Limes here came down from the plateau, crossed the valley and climbed again on the other side, and the fort, with its civil settlement, controlled the crossing and the route along the river. Little is visible today beyond outlines in the fields and a few marked spots, but a stone inscription found here and the finds displayed in the Roman and Bavarian museum in Kipfenberg bring the site to life.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site of Burgsalach.
The small fortlet at Burgsalach stood on the Raetian Limes, the eastern section of Rome's frontier in Germany. Dating from a late phase of the frontier, it had walls of stone and was compact and well defended, more like a small castle than the usual timber watchtower, and its name lives on in the village of Burgsalach nearby. The outline of the walls can still be traced on the ground, and like the rest of the frontier it is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Here, in the hills of Middle Franconia, the Raetian Limes was not a palisade but a stone wall, which local legend later attributed to the Devil himself, calling it the Teufelsmauer.
Read the complete Fort site of Burgsalach write-up.
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about 63 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site of Burgsalach. Next is fort site and civil settlement of Theilenh.
The Romans called it Iciniacum, and for a century and a half it was home to a cavalry unit guarding the Raetian frontier in what is now Middle Franconia. The fort at Theilenhofen, near Gunzenhausen in Bavaria, lay just behind the Limes, the frontier wall that here was built of stone, running across the landscape from the Danube toward the Main. Today there is little above ground, but information panels by the site and the line of the fort traced in the fields help visitors picture it. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2005.
Read the complete fort site and civil settlement of Theilenh write-up.
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fort site and civil settlement of Theilenh, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site of Burgsalach.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site of Burgsalach write-up.
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back through Fort site of Burgsalach sits at 112 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming comes up about 146 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 closes the day.
Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 → Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → Fort site of Burgsalach is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site of Burgsalach → fort site and civil settlement of Theilenh is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
fort site and civil settlement of Theilenh → back through Fort site of Burgsalach is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site of Burgsalach → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.